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Thread #57093 Message #898888
Posted By: GUEST,Sarah
26-Feb-03 - 02:11 AM
Thread Name: UK busking festivals etc
Subject: RE: UK busking festivals etc
Hi Pete, long time no see.
Toni and I are doing a gig here and there, the nyckelharpa is a bit of an add-on though. The idea of the busking is to get us out and about with the two instruments and test reaction to them - the sound is a bit unique (as is the combination in the UK at least).
I'm coming on quite fast because of my policy of lugging it around sessions and inflicting it on the unsuspecting. That way, I also end up playing tunes I'm familiar with on the fiddle and forget I 'can't' play on the harpa. Try it with that fiddle of yours.
I'm definitely at Holmfirth festival (with the Good Egg Band) but the harpa might make a brief appearance at one of the sessions. Also probably Beverley in June. Possibly Whitby's last weekend.